Finance Minister Bill Morneau and astronaut Chris Hadfield are among the 130 participants invited to this year's highly-secretive Bilderberg Meetings.

The conference, set to take place from June 9 to 12 in Dresden, Germany, invites the world's rich and influential to have "informal discussions" about "major issues facing the world." This year's topics include migration, the Middle East and "Precariat and middle class."

Fellow Canadians Yoshua Bengio, a computer science professor at Université de Montréal, and Heather Reisman, founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music, will also attend the meetings.

The meetings, founded in 1954, do not produce any resolutions. There are no votes and no minutes are recorded.

"The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed," the organization said in a press release.

The conference's "private nature" allows attendees to have discussions without having to worry about the "conventions of their office," it added.

Due to the meetings' exclusivity and secrecy, they've become a large target for conspiracy theorists who label it as a meeting of elites planning a new world order. Some even think it's a forum to decide who the next U.S. president will be.

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A sign reading 'Stop Bilderberg Mafia!' stands in front of a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria. Bilderberg members, who include CEOs of major corporations, high-ranking politicians, royalty, media and other influential individuals, are meeting at the hotel from June 11-14. The Bilderberg group is known for its secrecy. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

A sign reading 'Stop Bilderberg Mafia' stands in front of a police checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A police car passes a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol (seen in background), venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police guard a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Austrian police detain a demonstrator near a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Austrian police detain a demonstrator near a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A man is detained by policemen at a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Austrian police detain a demonstrator near a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A man is detained by policemen at a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police officers are silhouetted as they exchange documents at a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police guard a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A man talks to a policeman at a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

TELFS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 11: A protester holding a sign reading 'Stop Bilderberg Mafia!' looks on as Austrian police detain a fellow demonstrator near a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria. Bilderberg members, who include CEOs of major corporations, high-ranking politicians, royalty, media and other influential individuals, are meeting at the hotel from June 11-14. The Bilderberg group is known for its secrecy. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

TELFS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 11: A protester wears a vest adorned with a graffitti reading 'Stop the new world order capitalism!' in front of a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria. Bilderberg members, who include CEOs of major corporations, high-ranking politicians, royalty, media and other influential individuals, are meeting at the hotel from June 11-14. The Bilderberg group is known for its secrecy. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

TELFS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 11: A protester holding a sign reading 'Stop Bilderberg Mafia!' stands in front of a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria. Bilderberg members, who include CEOs of major corporations, high-ranking politicians, royalty, media and other influential individuals, are meeting at the hotel from June 11-14. The Bilderberg group is known for its secrecy. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

TELFS, AUSTRIA - JUNE 11: The Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, is seen behind trees on a ridge on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria. Bilderberg members, who include CEOs of major corporations, high-ranking politicians, royalty, media and other influential individuals, are meeting at the hotel from June 11-14. The Bilderberg group is known for its secrecy. (Photo by Philipp Guelland/Getty Images)

Police cars pass a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol (seen in background), venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Sheep stand on a meadow near the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol (in the background), venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A police car passes a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol (seen in background), venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police guard a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Car pass a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police watch as a car passes through a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A car passes a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Police watch as a car passing through a checkpoint on a road leading to the the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A car passes a checkpoint on a road leading to the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

Sheep stand on a meadow near the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol (in the background), venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A woman walks past an Austrian army mobile radar station that is safeguarding near the Interalpen-Hotel Tirol, venue of the Bilderberg conference, on June 11, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A soldier of the Austrian army stands at a mobile radar station that is safeguarding the upcoming Bilderberg conference on June 9, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.

A soldier of the Austrian army stands at a mobile radar station that is safeguarding the upcoming Bilderberg conference on June 9, 2015 near Telfs, Austria.